James Cromitie

James Cromitie (1965-) was an American Jaish-e-Mohammed sympathizer who took part in a 2009 plot to bomb two Bronx mosques and shoot down US National Guard aircraft over Newburgh, New York. He dropped out of high school and had 27 criminal convictions, including one for selling drugs at a school. Cromitie expressed a desire to join JeM and to "do something to America" due to his opposition to his country's role in the Afghanistan War. The terror cell purchased a missile and C4 plastic explosives from a Pakistani FBI informant, and they were sentenced to 25 years in prison for their part in the attempted attack.